Pneumatic horse-collar.



No.827,'7 05. PATENTBDAUGJ, 1906.

J.R.BURKHOLDER. PNEUMATIG HORSE COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16, 1906.

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THE NORRIS PETE/es 50., WASHINGTON, n, c.

JOHN R. BURKHOLDER, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

PNEUMATIC HORSE-COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. '7, 1906.

Application filed March 16, 1906. Serial No- 306.420.

To all 2072 0111, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN R. BURKHOLDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at 1.181117 caster, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pneumatic Horse-Collars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in pneumatic horse-collars; and the object of the invention is to produce a leather pocket or fold upon the inner face of the collar and open at its ends adapted to receive a pneumatic tube which may be inflated, causing the leather covering of the pocket when the pneumatic tube is inflated to present a convexed unwrinkled surface where it comes in contact with the breast of the horse.

More specifically the present invention comprises an improved pneumatic horsecol lar in which the inner surface of the collar forms a pocket with open ends, in which a pneumatic tube may be inserted and held therein by means of lacings, the device being so arranged that the tube may be easily removed and replaced when desired.

My invention comprises other details of construction and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

1 illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my imroved horse-collar, showing the pneumatic tube inflated and holding the leather covering distended without wrinkles in the surface thereof. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view through the collar. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one end of the collar, showing the manner in which the pneumatic tube is held by means of lacings; and Fig. 4 is a sectional view transversely through the collar and lacmgs.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a breaststrap having a pocket B, which extends substantially the length of the breast-strap and forms the inner surface thereof. Said pocket has open ends C for the reception of the pneumatic tube D, which extends the length of the pocket and is provided with an inflatingaperture at the end thereof.

E E designate lacings which are fastened to the horse-collar, and the ends of said lacings, one upon either side of the pneumatic tube, are passed through apertures F, formed in the end of the pocket, after which said ends may be tied together and cause the pneumatic tube to be securely held in place within the pocket. This being done, the pneumatic tube may be inflated at the filling-aperture by an ordinary bicycle or other pneumatic pump, thereby causing the pocket to be distended and {forming a smooth unwrinkled yielding surface to the breast of the animal.

From the foregoing it will be noted that by the provision of a breast-strap made as shown and described the leather covering forming the pocket will at all times be held in a smooth unwrinkled condition when the tube is inflated.

I am aware that it has been common in the art to produce pneumatic pads for saddles of harnesses and for other purposes, and hence I do not make claim broadly for such an invention, but rather confine my invention to a combination pneumatic tube movably held in a leather-covered pocket of a horse-collar, which pocket forms the entire bearing-surface which comes in contact with the breast or shoulders of an animal.

What I claim is- A pneumatic horse-collar having an openended leather pocket extending substantially the length of the collar, and a removable pneumatic tube positioned within said pocket and adapted, when inflated, to distend the pocket and present a smooth, unwrinkled surface for contact with the breast of an ani mal, and lacings secured to the collar and passing through apertures in the pocket and adapted, when tied, to hold the pneumatic tube within the pocket, as set forth.

In testimony whereofl hereunto affix my signaturein. the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN R. BURKHOLDER.

Witnesses:

JEANETTE R. Lone, CnAs. E. LONG. 

